Sea Ice Update June 23 2014 – Antarctic Climbing Even Higher – Global Still Above 1 SD

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 173 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 696,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 4 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,499,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That is the 106th daily record for 2014.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -803,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

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MASIE results for Day 174

NH ice has now melted down to 70% (30% loss from maximum).

Some regions are ice-free, others are getting close:
Bering Sea has 4% left
Barents Sea 24%
Baffin Bay 39%

Others are closer to average:
Greenland Sea 74%
Laptev Sea 75%
Chukchi Sea 78%

Those with minimal melt:
Central Arctic has 99% ice left
East Siberian Sea 95%
Kara Sea 92%
Beaufort Sea 91%
Canadian Archipelago 89%

About 3 months of melt season to go.

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